The final chapter in a long-running New Zealand retail battle played out this week when Woolworths offloaded its shares in The Warehouse Group.

Rich-listers David and Anne Norman have snapped up Australian supermarket operator Woolworths' stake in The Warehouse Group.

A fire at a Westfield mall in West Auckland that sparked a mass evacuation has been extinguished, with the mall reopened to the public.

Stevia-sweetened fizzy drink Pepsi Next will hit our shelves next week, a month ahead of rival Coke Life - but will the new products do any good?

The New Zealand dollar is trading near a record high against the Australian currency but that doesn't necessarily mean bargains for shoppers, a consumer expert says.

Energy Minister Simon Bridges says big petrol retailers are "on notice" after they maintained large profit margins while the price of oil was falling sharply late last year.

FCO - Fishing Camping Outdoors - is to close its 13 New Zealand stores but no word yet on what announcement means for employees.

The buzz of Valentine's Day caught on with consumers as florists, jewellers and restaurants were among the businesses to see a jump in sales.

Hasbro, the maker of foam footballs and spongy projectiles, is targeting a new audience: high schoolers.

If you're like most shoppers, it is likely that you do plenty of research before opening your wallet.

ASX-listed Domino's Pizza Enterprises, parent company of Domino's New Zealand, has reported one of its strongest half-year results to date, with net profit of A$29.1 million, up 44.2 per cent on the same period last year.

Retail spending charged to electronic cards fell 0.4 per cent last month, its third monthly decline in a row, as lower prices at the pump offset increased spending elsewhere.

The bad guys are always one step ahead. That was the reality with party pills and it is much the same with illicit fitness supplements.

An exercise supplement containing a banned psychoactive substance was still available for sale yesterday despite Ministry of Health officials deciding it should be pulled from shelves.

The supplement salesman who won't lie about pre-workouts: "They have stupidly toxic amounts of caffeine. It drives you mental so you train like a crackhead."

New Zealand shares rose to a new record close yesterday as holidays in Auckland and Australia kept trading volumes light.

The Shanton chain of women's clothing stores has gone into voluntary administration just over two years after it was bought out of receivership.

Work started this week on the $36 million expansion of New Zealand's first shopping mall.

Spending last month was up $300 million on December 2013, fuelled in part by Christmas shopping, Boxing Day sales, and New Year's Eve holidaymakers.

Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell says it will be "a very difficult ask" for the group to beat last year's profits after it announced weaker-than-expected sales.